Polish Pottery Is Beautiful

While living in Germany, I was introduced to Polish Pottery. So many of the ladies I met were collecting it! While I didn’t immediately catch the “bug”, once I got my first piece of Polish Pottery, it wasn’t long before I knew what the attraction was.

After some persuading, a friend of mine convinced me to go to Poland with her for an overnight trip. I only had two pieces of the pottery and I had won both of them at a “Polish Pottery Bingo” fundraiser. I just assumed that the pottery would be expensive and really didn’t understand what the big deal was with collecting it. After that trip to Poland though, I found myself trying to figure out what I wanted, which pattern, when could I go back to Poland, and so many other things! While I didn’t get everything I would have liked to on that first trip, I did make up my mind to have a collection of my own.

Polish Pottery is beautiful but practical. While each piece is different in some small way, each piece is also useful in its own right. The pottery can be used in the oven or microwave and it is dishwasher safe unlike many beautiful china sets. Dinner can go from the oven to the table in a beautiful dish. It will then wash up easier than any other dishes I have ever used. What more could you ask for.

During my two trips to Poland, I was able to get a collection that makes for a beautiful scene at family meals. Instead of choosing one particular pattern like many people do, I chose to go with different ones I liked. I have a 12 place setting and each setting is a different pattern. The serving dishes are all different too. While it may sound a little out of the ordinary, these dishes and the patterns they have all just seem to go together beautifully. I chose everything with the dark blues versus the lighter blues. I then simply chose pieces I liked and didn’t worry about perfection. The great thing about Polish Pottery is that you can do this and still achieve elegance at the table with an array of patterns and colors that rivals any perfectly matched set.

When looking at Polish Pottery to buy, the main thing to keep in mind is if you plan to use it or display it. A level or class 1 piece is usable in the oven as well as the microwave. It is also considered to have no flaws so to speak. A class 2 can also be used in the oven, but is more likely to eventually crack. It may also have some minor flaw that you may not even be able to spot. A level 3 and up will almost definitely crack at some point of use if baked in the oven. It may also have a run in the color scheme, a mistake in the patterning, or some other flaw. I do have a couple of pieces that are level 3 that I don’t notice any flaws in, but I am very careful to not use them in the oven. The crack that would undoubtedly come would be a major flaw!